[TR24][OF][LDR] Echolyn - Mei (2025 Remastered Version) - 2002/2025 (Progressive Rock, Symphonic Prog)

Состав

Christopher Buzby - Piano, Wurlitzer, synthisizer, organ, backing vocals
Brett Kull - Electric Gtrs, hi-string acoustic gtr, lead & backing vocals
Raymond Weston - Bass and lead & backing vocals
Paul Ramsey - Drums and percussion
Guests
Janosh Armer - violin 2
Jonathan Atkins - cello
Emily Botel-Barnard - violin 1
Sarah Green - flute
Eric Huber - vibraphone, marimba, timpani, tambourine
Jordan Perlson - percussion
Jian Shen - clarinet

Об альбоме (сборнике)

String, woodwinds, and tuned percussion arrangement by Christopher Buzby
Recorded, mixed, mastered and Remastered by Brett William Kull
(c) 2025 Echolyn (p) 2025 Echolyn
released April 30, 2025
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Mei (pronounced May) is the 5th full length album by the band echolyn and was released June of 2002. Starting from an acoustic gtr song idea the band found themselves freely adding and building upon the initial song until the piece felt complete. Mei, a 49 min and 33 sec single song, is a beautiful and dark journey into a Dante Alighieri-esq dream of fear, love, regret and redemption.
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Review:
Echolyn's greatest strength has always been their uncanny ability to craft music that fits nicely within the umbrella of progressive rock while still maintaining a mainstream "pop" sensibility. These guys have always had the full prog complexity and virtuosity, but their music has still been very accessible. Well, they have definitely outdone themselves this time. The group has constructed a single piece that fills the entire CD. Whereas many bands attempting to create a piece of work so epic have simply strung together shorter pieces into one large composition, this really feels more like many movements of the same work. There is a wide variety of moods, modes, and textures, painting a spectacular mosaic. Yet still, the album feels very welcoming and accessible. This is certainly Echolyn's finest work and will likely be a hard act to follow.
© Gary Hill /TiVo